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Mobile learning seems to be creating a lot of excitement in the learning community these days. For example, according to a report published by Ambient Insight Research, the US market for mobile learning products and services reached $958.7 Growing number of mobile learning tools and platforms. So everyone wants mobile learning. mobile learning mobile devices MORE

Upside is doing a fair bit of mobile learning development and we blog about it regularly. want to share some tools which may assist you in developing mobile learning applications. Tools to develop Native applications: SDK provided for mobile device. IPhone. It requires MIDP/JVM on mobile device. Each mobile device has some variation in implementing MIDP profile. MORE

Mobile learning is an exciting concept across many industries, however for future generations it will be the expectation. witnessed this first hand when I saw my two-year old nephew navigate an iPhone like it was second nature. have a Samsung Galaxy S4 myself, and quickly realized that this child has more iPhone skills than I do (pretty humbling actually). Via: Voxy Blog. MORE

the learner needs to have the Flash Player installed) and thus making it an interesting challenge for our Industry to make the transition to mobile learning (mLearning), especially because of the market share that Apple commands with the iPad and the iPhone. But what about the experience for mobile users? By doing so, I believe we not only would have defeated the purpose and uniqueness of mobile but we would be doing a disservice to our learners on mobile, too. Because the mobile revolution is real and we are at a point of no return! Let me explain. MORE

The ones that you wish you could call back and place deep in the confines of your brain, as far away from consciousness as possible: “In my next blog I’ll discuss some of the challenges related to mobile learning development, and suggest some solutions.”. OnlineColleges.net came to the rescue with their post The 10 Biggest Downsides to Mobile Learning. mobile learning barriers MORE

Last week Cisco published a research paper entitled “ Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2012–2017 ,” which included some staggering figures, as to the speed with which we are adopting internet-connected mobile devices around the world. mobile devices per capita. Mobilize Learning by Optimizing it for Touch. Conclusion. MORE

For those who have been following my mobile blogs, you knew our great Peru/Belgian team (i.e. the Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt (IMTAvH) in Lima and the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp) was working on something special: a mobile moodle for iPhone. They started exchanging notes on the mobile moodle forum and only in an amazing 1 (one!) MORE

When you plug your device into your Mac and launch a mobile recording app (e.g., The clock displays 9:41, your mobile carrier name is hidden, and the battery percentage indicator shows 100%. Turn off display zoom (iPhone 6/ 6Plus). If you use zoom mode on a newer iPhone, you may want to turn it off. But there are still a few quirky things you may encounter along the way. MORE

think mobile applications are the game changer for training. Why Mobile? With the availability of just-in-time access to information through mobile computing devices (including tablets ) the notion of knowledge (sometimes a.k.a. This is where a strategy that includes mobile fits in very well. Mobile apps are big business. Let me explain why I think that way. MORE

The Smartphones iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were finally released in a glittering ceremony in San Francisco. As Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, unveiled the mobile devices which come with a host of new features, the Internet was inundated with reviews of the new devices. Let us now see how these features of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus help deliver good mobile learning. MORE

For example, a client might want to extend the functionality of an existing information system to the iPad/iPhone. User Interfaces – Mobile devices offer many interfaces, including touch devices that support gestures. Mobile Learning JIT Performance Support Just-in-Time Performance Support Mobile App Development Mobile App Development Checklist MORE

Continuing my post of My Top 10 Mobile Apps for 2014 , I share my top 10 productivity enhancing mobile apps. In the last year, I found myself using the smartphone mobile more and more, not requiring me to use my laptop many a times. have since also discovered Microsoft Office Mobile that I prefer to use because of its better integration with OneDrive and Dropbox. MORE

My previous posts you must have gone through surely depicted the emergence and penetration of mobile learning in learning and development industry, as one of the means of achieving an advanced leaning experience. Mobile learning is something I witnessed so widespread in this regard. This is quite evident that these days the tipping point is no doubt the mobile learning technology. MORE

According to a 2012 survey of mobile learners, 99% believed the mobile format and presentation enhanced their learning, and it was found that 45% actually spent less time in training than their (non-mobile trained) peers, with no loss of comprehension. If you’re not getting into the mobile game with your training and eLearning initiatives, you’re falling behind. MORE

Carlos Kiyan and many other contributors have released their plugins for mobile Moodle to the plugins repository. These two plugins started as one of the earliest Mobile Moodle projects (back in 2010: Moodle4iPhone ). and tablet or smartphones compatible with iPad and Android tablets or iPhone/iPodtouch/Android 4.x Great news for all of us Moodle users. devices. MORE

M-learning — mobile learning — is a hot new topic among training professionals, but what, exactly, is it? The Daily Mindflash: Why make your online training program mobile? Connie Malamed : If we’re talking about mobile learning on smartphones, you can’t really take your e-learning or training program and shrink it down to a phone-size screen and call it a strategy. MORE

There are currently almost as many mobile phones on the planet as there are people. We laugh and think this is crazy… until we misplace our mobile device and have to deal with the resulting separation anxiety. In the example below, interface elements are resized and rearranged to best display on an Apple iPhone and iPad. “Dear Doctor, I’m concerned about Stanley. MORE

What you may ask does this have to do with mobile learning? There’s nothing you and I won’t do” When mobile learning took off in 2011 it was due to tablets. The majority of LMS vendors see the native app as nothing more than using your mobile web browser to go to the LMS – in other words, you have to internet connectivity – despite the fact that in the tablet space, more people purchase them with Wi-Fi. Examining the mobile market today in terms of global sales, some interesting tidbits. With mobile learning front and center. MORE

The TalentLMS’ mobile app offers an exciting new way to consume your learning content. The mobile app does not try to be everything the web-app is. Still, it offers ample opportunities for delivering rich, multimedia courses while delivering a superb mobile optimized experience. Mobile and Offline compatibility. Assessments are both mobile and offline compatible. MORE

The flexibility of accessing an entire course from a small and lightweight wireless device makes mobile learning the current education frontier. In many current training scenarios, mobile eLearning typically supplements a traditional online or partially online course, or it may completely replace these standard learning delivery options. ADL Mobile Learning Handbook. Freud. MORE

Lectora has some great features to take learning off the desktop and on the road, such as dynamic templates for mobile layout, but one of the more interesting ways is the ability to check the platform type as a condition for an action. One of the main reasons to use this condition is that mobile devices forbid automatic playing of audio or video. MORE

Is mobile learning becoming a reality rather than a prediction? Over the last three years there have been various predictions , ranging from pessimistic to optimistic about the role that mobile learning will play in the world of learning. For as mobile devices offer universal web access, there are instant opportunities to deliver content. MORE

Mobile Learning has been on our minds and for all the right reasons. And we are one of the 30 exhibitors showcasing our entire range of innovative Mobile Learning Solutions at booth number 316. Also on display would be our newly launched revolutionary platform for Mobile Learning – Upside2Go. What Is Mobile Learning? But what exactly is mobile learning? MORE

We are proud to announce that OpenSesame now offers more than 5,000 courses that work on iPad, iPhone and other iOS devices. Workers in today’s knowledge economy need access to training content that works on their favorite mobile tools - especially on best-selling iPads. Right Press Releases MORE

I’m happy to announce that Instructional Design Guru , my new reference and performance support app for instructional designers, is now available for the iPhone. Feeling lazy, it seemed as though it would be so easy to just look up the taxonomy on my mobile device. Post from: The eLearning Coach Designing An iPhone App: Instructional Design Guru. MobileAnd so on. MORE

There are currently almost as many mobile phones on the planet as there are people. We laugh and think this is crazy… until we misplace our mobile device and have to deal with the resulting separation anxiety. In the example below, interface elements are resized and rearranged to best display on an Apple iPhone and iPad. “Dear Doctor, I’m concerned about Stanley. MORE

Recently there has been a huge emphasis of elearning, and mobile learning, within education – and for good reason. Technological advancements and the classroom’s tendency to adopt new ideas quickly has brought about a rather quick adoption of mobile learning. What about mobile learning in enterprise? Smartphones are the leading mobile technology, with an estimated 2.4 MORE

The iPhone’s revolutionary user interface has changed the way we look at mobile devices. The iPhone SDK let’s you create native applications for the device. The document is divided into two parts: Planning Your iPhone Software Product : Covers types of applications, fundamental human interface design principles and the iPhone OS environment. This is the first. MORE

This means that there are going to be millions of Smartphone users out there, who can access mobile learning anywhere, at any time. Mobile hardware has its own limitations and hence we need to adhere to some critical design conventions in order to make our mobile applications a success. Five Mobile Learning Implementation Tips – Abhijit Kadle. ? Mobile Usability. MORE

My previous articles, you must have gone through surely depicted the emergence and penetration of mobile learning in learning and development industry, as one of the means of achieving an advanced leaning experience. Mobile learning is something I witnessed so widespread in this regard. This is quite evident that these days the tipping point is no doubt the mobile learning technology. MORE

Most of what is said and written about mobile learning and support touts potential and points to the future. Current studies confirm a faint pulse for mobile in enterprise learning today. To our surprise, even in this professionally active sample, only 4% said they were using mobile to deliver learning and support in their organizations. So low was that number that I confirmed it with several large audiences, including one at a conference devoted to mobile learning. “Are you offering programs that rely on mobile for delivery of learning and support now?” MORE

It has been quite a year for mobile devices! Mid March 2010 some of us volunteers got together and started to work on Moodle for iPhone. After the initial excitement, different people realized that if we wanted to get Moodle mobile, a lot needed to be addressed, including cleaning up the existing code, adding php-recoding, starting native apps. MORE

As we walked out after the meeting, he flipped out his iPhone, opened the ‘goCatch‘ app and ordered a cab in just a few seconds. Mobile Learning Upside Learning Mobile Performance Support Performance Support and MobileLast week I was with a colleague at a client meeting just outside of Melbourne. And there the cab was in about 5 minutes. Easy! I’m not telling you anything […]. MORE

Two themes will be released, 1 for mobile devices and the second one for tablets. So, for all of you interested in mobile Moodle, get your devices out and join the community to get this project launched. moodle iphone moodle mobile mLearning mobile learning LMSIt has been more than 2 years since the Moodle4iPhone project [link]. release! MORE

Given the increasingly mobile workforce and the emergence of BYOD, increasing pressure is being placed on the organisation to distribute its content to multiple devices. One of my most popular posts of last year was M-Learning’s dirty little secrets. By “popular” I mean quantitatively: it attracted a relatively large number of hits and comments. Mindset #1 – Push. MORE

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you might have heard by now that mobile learning is no longer the next big thing – it IS the big thing. Here is a quick breakdown of the mobile learning trends you need to be watching. With such fantastic results in the K – 12 sphere, it’s no wonder mobile learning is seeing such rapid uptake in the workplace, too. 2. Bring MORE

Given that smartphone sales are estimated to exceed PC sales by the end of this year, and mobile Internet users are expected to exceed desktop Internet users soon after, I have finally concluded that the time is ripe for mobile learning. call them the 4 S’s of mobile design. 1. believe the primary benefit of m-learning is the very fact that it is mobile. Simple. MORE

When you plug your device into your Mac and launch a mobile recording app (e.g., The clock displays 9:41, your mobile carrier name is hidden, and the battery percentage indicator shows 100%. Turn off display zoom (iPhone 6/ 6Plus). If you use zoom mode on a newer iPhone, you may want to turn it off. But there are still a few quirky things you may encounter along the way.

The Smartphones iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were finally released in a glittering ceremony in San Francisco. As Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, unveiled the mobile devices which come with a host of new features, the Internet was inundated with reviews of the new devices. Let us now see how these features of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus help deliver good mobile learning.

My previous posts you must have gone through surely depicted the emergence and penetration of mobile learning in learning and development industry, as one of the means of achieving an advanced leaning experience. Mobile learning is something I witnessed so widespread in this regard. This is quite evident that these days the tipping point is no doubt the mobile learning technology.

Mobile learning seems to be creating a lot of excitement in the learning community these days. For example, according to a report published by Ambient Insight Research, the US market for mobile learning products and services reached $958.7 Growing number of mobile learning tools and platforms. So everyone wants mobile learning. mobile learning mobile devices

What you may ask does this have to do with mobile learning? There’s nothing you and I won’t do” When mobile learning took off in 2011 it was due to tablets. The majority of LMS vendors see the native app as nothing more than using your mobile web browser to go to the LMS – in other words, you have to internet connectivity – despite the fact that in the tablet space, more people purchase them with Wi-Fi. Examining the mobile market today in terms of global sales, some interesting tidbits. With mobile learning front and center.

Upside is doing a fair bit of mobile learning development and we blog about it regularly. want to share some tools which may assist you in developing mobile learning applications. Tools to develop Native applications: SDK provided for mobile device. IPhone. It requires MIDP/JVM on mobile device. Each mobile device has some variation in implementing MIDP profile.

Two themes will be released, 1 for mobile devices and the second one for tablets. So, for all of you interested in mobile Moodle, get your devices out and join the community to get this project launched. moodle iphone moodle mobile mLearning mobile learning LMSIt has been more than 2 years since the Moodle4iPhone project [link]. release!

According to a 2012 survey of mobile learners, 99% believed the mobile format and presentation enhanced their learning, and it was found that 45% actually spent less time in training than their (non-mobile trained) peers, with no loss of comprehension. If you’re not getting into the mobile game with your training and eLearning initiatives, you’re falling behind.

the learner needs to have the Flash Player installed) and thus making it an interesting challenge for our Industry to make the transition to mobile learning (mLearning), especially because of the market share that Apple commands with the iPad and the iPhone. But what about the experience for mobile users? By doing so, I believe we not only would have defeated the purpose and uniqueness of mobile but we would be doing a disservice to our learners on mobile, too. Because the mobile revolution is real and we are at a point of no return! Let me explain.

As we walked out after the meeting, he flipped out his iPhone, opened the ‘goCatch‘ app and ordered a cab in just a few seconds. Mobile Learning Upside Learning Mobile Performance Support Performance Support and MobileLast week I was with a colleague at a client meeting just outside of Melbourne. And there the cab was in about 5 minutes. Easy! I’m not telling you anything […].

Carlos Kiyan and many other contributors have released their plugins for mobile Moodle to the plugins repository. These two plugins started as one of the earliest Mobile Moodle projects (back in 2010: Moodle4iPhone ). and tablet or smartphones compatible with iPad and Android tablets or iPhone/iPodtouch/Android 4.x Great news for all of us Moodle users. devices.

I’m happy to announce that Instructional Design Guru , my new reference and performance support app for instructional designers, is now available for the iPhone. Feeling lazy, it seemed as though it would be so easy to just look up the taxonomy on my mobile device. Post from: The eLearning Coach Designing An iPhone App: Instructional Design Guru. MobileAnd so on.

What you may ask does this have to do with mobile learning? There’s nothing you and I won’t do” When mobile learning took off in 2011 it was due to tablets. The majority of LMS vendors see the native app as nothing more than using your mobile web browser to go to the LMS – in other words, you have to internet connectivity – despite the fact that in the tablet space, more people purchase them with Wi-Fi. Examining the mobile market today in terms of global sales, some interesting tidbits. With mobile learning front and center.

Upside is doing a fair bit of mobile learning development and we blog about it regularly. want to share some tools which may assist you in developing mobile learning applications. Tools to develop Native applications: SDK provided for mobile device. IPhone. It requires MIDP/JVM on mobile device. Each mobile device has some variation in implementing MIDP profile.

Two themes will be released, 1 for mobile devices and the second one for tablets. So, for all of you interested in mobile Moodle, get your devices out and join the community to get this project launched. moodle iphone moodle mobile mLearning mobile learning LMSIt has been more than 2 years since the Moodle4iPhone project [link]. release!

The ones that you wish you could call back and place deep in the confines of your brain, as far away from consciousness as possible: “In my next blog I’ll discuss some of the challenges related to mobile learning development, and suggest some solutions.”. OnlineColleges.net came to the rescue with their post The 10 Biggest Downsides to Mobile Learning. mobile learning barriers

The TalentLMS’ mobile app offers an exciting new way to consume your learning content. The mobile app does not try to be everything the web-app is. Still, it offers ample opportunities for delivering rich, multimedia courses while delivering a superb mobile optimized experience. Mobile and Offline compatibility. Assessments are both mobile and offline compatible.

The flexibility of accessing an entire course from a small and lightweight wireless device makes mobile learning the current education frontier. In many current training scenarios, mobile eLearning typically supplements a traditional online or partially online course, or it may completely replace these standard learning delivery options. ADL Mobile Learning Handbook. Freud.

Mobile Learning has been on our minds and for all the right reasons. And we are one of the 30 exhibitors showcasing our entire range of innovative Mobile Learning Solutions at booth number 316. Also on display would be our newly launched revolutionary platform for Mobile Learning – Upside2Go. What Is Mobile Learning? But what exactly is mobile learning?

Most of what is said and written about mobile learning and support touts potential and points to the future. Current studies confirm a faint pulse for mobile in enterprise learning today. To our surprise, even in this professionally active sample, only 4% said they were using mobile to deliver learning and support in their organizations. So low was that number that I confirmed it with several large audiences, including one at a conference devoted to mobile learning. “Are you offering programs that rely on mobile for delivery of learning and support now?”

think mobile applications are the game changer for training. Why Mobile? With the availability of just-in-time access to information through mobile computing devices (including tablets ) the notion of knowledge (sometimes a.k.a. This is where a strategy that includes mobile fits in very well. Mobile apps are big business. Let me explain why I think that way.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you might have heard by now that mobile learning is no longer the next big thing – it IS the big thing. Here is a quick breakdown of the mobile learning trends you need to be watching. With such fantastic results in the K – 12 sphere, it’s no wonder mobile learning is seeing such rapid uptake in the workplace, too. 2. Bring

This means that there are going to be millions of Smartphone users out there, who can access mobile learning anywhere, at any time. Mobile hardware has its own limitations and hence we need to adhere to some critical design conventions in order to make our mobile applications a success. Five Mobile Learning Implementation Tips – Abhijit Kadle. ? Mobile Usability.

The iPhone’s revolutionary user interface has changed the way we look at mobile devices. The iPhone SDK let’s you create native applications for the device. The document is divided into two parts: Planning Your iPhone Software Product : Covers types of applications, fundamental human interface design principles and the iPhone OS environment. This is the first.

Last week Cisco published a research paper entitled “ Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2012–2017 ,” which included some staggering figures, as to the speed with which we are adopting internet-connected mobile devices around the world. mobile devices per capita. Mobilize Learning by Optimizing it for Touch. Conclusion.

We are proud to announce that OpenSesame now offers more than 5,000 courses that work on iPad, iPhone and other iOS devices. Workers in today’s knowledge economy need access to training content that works on their favorite mobile tools - especially on best-selling iPads. Right Press Releases

Mobile learning is an exciting concept across many industries, however for future generations it will be the expectation. witnessed this first hand when I saw my two-year old nephew navigate an iPhone like it was second nature. have a Samsung Galaxy S4 myself, and quickly realized that this child has more iPhone skills than I do (pretty humbling actually). Via: Voxy Blog.

It has been quite a year for mobile devices! Mid March 2010 some of us volunteers got together and started to work on Moodle for iPhone. After the initial excitement, different people realized that if we wanted to get Moodle mobile, a lot needed to be addressed, including cleaning up the existing code, adding php-recoding, starting native apps.

My previous articles, you must have gone through surely depicted the emergence and penetration of mobile learning in learning and development industry, as one of the means of achieving an advanced leaning experience. Mobile learning is something I witnessed so widespread in this regard. This is quite evident that these days the tipping point is no doubt the mobile learning technology.

Given that smartphone sales are estimated to exceed PC sales by the end of this year, and mobile Internet users are expected to exceed desktop Internet users soon after, I have finally concluded that the time is ripe for mobile learning. call them the 4 S’s of mobile design. 1. believe the primary benefit of m-learning is the very fact that it is mobile. Simple.

Is mobile learning becoming a reality rather than a prediction? Over the last three years there have been various predictions , ranging from pessimistic to optimistic about the role that mobile learning will play in the world of learning. For as mobile devices offer universal web access, there are instant opportunities to deliver content.

M-learning — mobile learning — is a hot new topic among training professionals, but what, exactly, is it? The Daily Mindflash: Why make your online training program mobile? Connie Malamed : If we’re talking about mobile learning on smartphones, you can’t really take your e-learning or training program and shrink it down to a phone-size screen and call it a strategy.

For those who have been following my mobile blogs, you knew our great Peru/Belgian team (i.e. the Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt (IMTAvH) in Lima and the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp) was working on something special: a mobile moodle for iPhone. They started exchanging notes on the mobile moodle forum and only in an amazing 1 (one!)

There are currently almost as many mobile phones on the planet as there are people. We laugh and think this is crazy… until we misplace our mobile device and have to deal with the resulting separation anxiety. In the example below, interface elements are resized and rearranged to best display on an Apple iPhone and iPad. “Dear Doctor, I’m concerned about Stanley.

Recently there has been a huge emphasis of elearning, and mobile learning, within education – and for good reason. Technological advancements and the classroom’s tendency to adopt new ideas quickly has brought about a rather quick adoption of mobile learning. What about mobile learning in enterprise? Smartphones are the leading mobile technology, with an estimated 2.4

For example, a client might want to extend the functionality of an existing information system to the iPad/iPhone. User Interfaces – Mobile devices offer many interfaces, including touch devices that support gestures. Mobile Learning JIT Performance Support Just-in-Time Performance Support Mobile App Development Mobile App Development Checklist

Lectora has some great features to take learning off the desktop and on the road, such as dynamic templates for mobile layout, but one of the more interesting ways is the ability to check the platform type as a condition for an action. One of the main reasons to use this condition is that mobile devices forbid automatic playing of audio or video.

There are currently almost as many mobile phones on the planet as there are people. We laugh and think this is crazy… until we misplace our mobile device and have to deal with the resulting separation anxiety. In the example below, interface elements are resized and rearranged to best display on an Apple iPhone and iPad. “Dear Doctor, I’m concerned about Stanley.

Continuing my post of My Top 10 Mobile Apps for 2014 , I share my top 10 productivity enhancing mobile apps. In the last year, I found myself using the smartphone mobile more and more, not requiring me to use my laptop many a times. have since also discovered Microsoft Office Mobile that I prefer to use because of its better integration with OneDrive and Dropbox.

Given the increasingly mobile workforce and the emergence of BYOD, increasing pressure is being placed on the organisation to distribute its content to multiple devices. One of my most popular posts of last year was M-Learning’s dirty little secrets. By “popular” I mean quantitatively: it attracted a relatively large number of hits and comments. Mindset #1 – Push.